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On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 01:27:45PM -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 7:40 AM Anthony G. Basile <blueness@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Hi everyone, |
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> > Can I get feedback on the following news item? (BTW, thanks soap) |
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> > |
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> > Title: uClibc-ng retirement on 2023/01/01 |
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> > Author: Anthony G. Basile <blueness@g.o> |
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> > Posted: 2021-08-15 |
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> > Revision: 1 |
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> > News-Item-Format: 2.0 |
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> > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/uclibc/* |
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> > |
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> > uClibc-ng is mostly abandoned upstream, and since my RFC in Jan 2021, |
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> > noone has volunteered to step up maintenance or expressed interest in |
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> > the uClibc-ng profiles. With this announcement we last-rite the "uclibc" |
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> > profiles, which will be removed on 2023/01/01. For parties interested in |
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> > an alternative libc, consider moving to musl, which is supported. |
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> 2023? That seems like a pretty long time to wait to remove something |
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> that isn't very well supported right now. |
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+1 |
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While I have no involvement with uClibc-ng, it does seem awfully long |
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before removal. |
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-Aaron |
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